Q509--MO BOI Acute Bedside Dialysis Contract 5-Year IDIQ: 06/01/2026 - 05/31/2031

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through its Network Contracting Office 20 in Vancouver, Washington, has awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for acute bedside dialysis services at the Boise VA Medical Center, running from June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2031. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price agreement with five distinct ordering periods, each lasting one year, and includes the provision of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatments, emergent dialysis services, and nurse waiting time, all delivered on-site at the Boise VAMC. The solicitation number is 36C26026Q0549, and the award was made under NAICS code 621492 for kidney dialysis centers, with no set-aside restrictions, allowing competition from both small and other-than-small businesses. The contractor must supply fully credentialed, background-checked dialysis nursing staff available 24/7, including weekends and holidays, and is responsible for all personnel management, including compliance with VA credentialing standards, OIG exclusion list screening, and adherence to federal and VA data security requirements under 38 U.S.C. § 5725. Performance is governed by a detailed Performance Work Statement and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan that mandate strict metrics, including 90% compliance in patient education, pain assessment, and hand-off communication, zero validated patient complaints per 30 visits, and 100% completion of semi-annual equipment maintenance reports. The contractor is also required to submit quarterly medical record audits and maintain absolute compliance with VA privacy and information system access rules. Award will be based on a trade-off methodology where technical capability and past performance are of equal importance and considered more significant than price, with no quantitative weighting applied to any factors. Technical evaluation focuses on staffing plan adequacy, ability to meet schedule and quality requirements, and quality control procedures, with an unsatisfactory rating in any technical sub-factor resulting in disqualification. Past performance is assessed on prior contract successes, while price is evaluated only for fairness and reasonableness, not for scoring. The contractor must comply with a host of special requirements, including mandatory federal background investigations under HSPD-12 and FIPS 201-1 for all personnel, annual security and privacy training, and a prohibition on employing VA staff or their immediate family members without ethics approval. Organizational